Specialized Resources

Local History Resources

Featured Resource

Our award-winning website highlights the events of the Civil War that happened right here in Kansas and Missouri. Students, teachers, and Civil War enthusiasts can view original photos, letters, and maps from partner organizations, an interactive timeline linking to articles written by historians, and lessons plans written for high school and college classrooms.

National Week of Conversation: Coming to America: Who should be welcome, what should we do?

The immigration issue affects virtually every American, directly or indirectly, often in deeply personal ways.

At this discussion, three options will be presented that reflect different ways of understanding what is at stake and they force us to think about what matters most to us when we face difficult problems that involve all of us and that do not have perfect solutions.